Powder puff



M.', BROCK POWDER PUFF July 17, "za

Filed Jan. 26 1923 Patented .luly l?, i923.

MAX Bnocx, or

NEW YORK, N. Y., AssreNoE To r. E. KLEINEET RUBBER COMPANY, OE

NEW YORK, N. Y., a coErOEa'rrON or NEW YORK. c

POWDER rUEE.

v. Application filed January 26, 1923. Serial No. @4,972

To all whom t 'may concern.

Be it known thatI l, MAX BROCK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have inventeda certain new and useful improve'- ment in Powder Puffs,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in a powder puff combined with a holder or cover for the same which retains the same in a compact condition with the powderapplying portions of the pu'd held in such position that the possibility of the same-becoming soiled readily is avoided.`

'A further object of this invention is to provide a powder puff having several powder-receiving and applying surfaces so that several kinds of powder may be applied from the one puff and to provide a cover or casing for said puff which will retain said powder-applying surfaces in a covered condition when the same are not in use.

Vith these objects, and other objects which may hereinafter appear, in view, l have devised the particular arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

Referenceis to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved powder puff and its cover.

Figure 2 is a rear view, or a view ofthe underside of the puff and casing.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the powder puff removed from the casing, with a portion being broken away to disclose construction.

Figure 5 is a sectional view on the line 55 of Figure l looking in the direction of the arrows, and

Figure 6 is a plan view of a modified form of construction.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar reference `characters designate similar parts.

The puff 1 is composed of two folded powdenapplying sections 2 and 3 which are preferably formed of some absorbent pile fabric or the like to receivey and retain the powder. These sections 2 and 3 are arranged to be spread out flat when the powder is to be applied.VV As there are two of these sections, it will be apparent thattwo different kinds of powder may be applied from the saine puff. t

The folded sections 2 and 3 are covered by suitable backing strips 4 and 5 which are secured to them by stitches 6 extending about theiredges. Y 'l y At 7 is a section or disk of material forming the cover for the puff whichv is preferably of greater diameter or area than the puff and is secured on one side ofthe same.

At 8 is a tape or ribbon through which the hand of the user may be inserted in using the puff.y lTheedge of the cover or disk 7 is suitably reinforced by merrow stitching 9. The puif is securedto the sectionor disk 7 by means of stitches 10 located at oppositepoints and which extend thropgh the puff, tape and the cover member At 11 and 12- is a pair of spaced-apart straps which extend parallel to one another and across the face of the cover portion 7. Each of these straps is intended to overlie one-half of the puff and retain the same down fiat upon the back member 7 so that the powder-applying surfaces 2 and 3 are re- 4 tained in their folded condition when the puff is not in use'.

To use the puff, the section to be used is removed from beneath its strap 11 or 12 as the case may be andit is spread out fiat and the powder applied.

ft will be noted that the securing stitches 10 extend at a point intermediate of the folds in the powder-applying section sothat they do not pass through the same.

It is also to be noted that the ends of the straps 11 and 12 are secured to the back member 7 by means of the merrow stitches 9 which form the reinforce or binding for the edge of the back member or cover 7.

lt is preferable to form the cover out of some easily washable material such as thin sheet rubber or the like and thus parts of the puff not used for the application of the powder may be constructed of similar material, is desired. f c

ln Figure 6, a modified form of construction is provided wherein all the parts of the article are similar to that disclosed in Figure 1 with the exception of the fact that straps 13 and 14: are shown provided with suitable reinforcing means in the nature of InerroW stitching l5 extending along their longitudinal edges, such reinforcement acting to prevent tearing of the straps When they are temporarily distorted to remove portions of the puff locatedv below them..

From the foregoing, it is obvious that my invention is not to be restricted to the exact embodiment shown but is broad enough to cover all structures coming Within the scope of the annexed claims.

Having described my invention, What I claim is:

l. An article of the class described,v com. prising a powder puf having a pair of powder-,applying faces, a section of material secured to said puff and spaced-apart straps extending across one face of said section and adapted to overlie said powder-applying sections and maintain the same in a folded condition.

2. An article of the class described comprising a powder puff, a flexible disk on which said puff is adapted to be secured and spaced-apart parallel straps extending across the face of' said disk and adapted to maintain the puff flat upon said disk.

3. An article of the class described, com` prising al powder puff having a pair of powder-applying surfaces, a cover attached to said puff comprising a section of material of greater areav than said puff secured on one side thereof and having a pair of spacedapart flat parallel straps extending across said puff on the opposite side thereof.

Signed at the city, county and State of New York, this 8th day of January, 1923.

MAX BROCK. 

